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Chapter 99 [Hype Building]

Li Wendi was well aware that page advertising had little effect, but what he wanted to achieve was not only hype, but also to attract the attention of HSBC Bank so that they could ask him to cancel the advertisement, so that he could proceed to the next step.

Before coming, he had thought it through clearly. He found He Qijun only because they had a contract, which could save some money and deepen their impression of each other.

The next day, Li Wendi received the manuscript from Yuanhe Newspaper. He read it through and did not find any problems. Although the page size was small, it should be able to play a role.

The advertisement was released on the third day, but the effect was beyond Li Wendi's expectations. It did not cause any impact at all and did not even attract a single buyer, which made Li Wendi a little confused.

However, when one plan failed, he came up with another one. In order to make a fortune on the Wan Chai building, Li Wendi would not give up easily.

So he found Zhao Wanying, handed the contract with Yuanfeng Bank to her, and asked her to find some loopholes in the contract.

Originally, they were just trying to give it a try. If it didn't work, they could only pay a professional private detective to look for dirty laundry on Yuanfeng Bank, and then publish it in a high-profile manner to lead to negotiations with the top management of Yuanfeng Bank.

Zhao Wanying found two suspected loopholes, but was not too sure, so she said she would let her tutor take a look and then give Li Wendi a reply.

Just as Li Wendi prayed, these two loopholes were enough to initiate a lawsuit.

Li Wendi was overjoyed and immediately announced that he would hire Zhao Wanying as his representative lawyer to sue Yuanfeng Bank in court.

At the same time, Li Wendi bribed reporters and newspapers to publish the news, using the front-page headlines. Suddenly, a large number of reporters gathered in front of Yuanfeng Bank, forcing Yuanfeng Bank to respond to the matter.

Unfortunately, Yuanfeng Bank did not send anyone to respond to this matter, but Yuanfeng Bank's manager Yuan Shihe requested a meeting with Li Wendi.

A quiet cafe

As soon as Li Wendi came in, Yuan Shihe stood up quickly and greeted him with a smile, "Mr. Li, please sit down!"

"Mr. Yuan, let's be frank! Let's get straight to the point. Tell me what conditions you can offer." Li Wendi asked the waiter for a cup of ordinary coffee.

Yuan Shihe thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Li, Yuanfeng Bank may not lose this lawsuit. If Mr. Li can withdraw the lawsuit, it will benefit everyone, not just Yuanfeng Bank."

Li Wendi said disdainfully, "Well, then we'll have to meet in court. I will definitely not suffer any loss."

Humph! You want to get away with it without paying a price. That's a naive idea, but I'm not a fool.

Seeing that Li Wendi refused to give in, Yuan Shihe continued, "Mr. Li, the purpose of negotiation is to find a result that both parties are willing to accept. Why don't you tell me your conditions first?"

"You should have found out where the 400 million paid to Yuanfeng Bank came from. I hope you can pay me back ten times the interest generated. This is also a punishment for you." Li Wendi said lightly.

Of course, he didn't care about the interest. Even if it was ten times, it wouldn't be much. He just hoped that Yuanfeng Bank would not accept it so that the Wan Chai Building could be sold better.

"Ten times?! That's impossible! There aren't many problems with the contract, so there's no punishment. But it has caused some trouble for Mr. Li. Yuanfeng Bank can pay all the interest generated by Mr. Li's mortgage loan." Yuan Shihe said.

Li Wendi came up with a new plan and smiled, "Let's change the terms. If Yuanfeng Bank can help me sell the commercial building in Wan Chai for 1200 million, it will be more beneficial to both of us."

Yuan Shihe was shocked. He had purchased the building for 850 million yuan less than half a month ago, and now he wanted to sell it for 1200 million yuan. Was this possible?

"Mr. Li, this is impossible! The bank will not agree to this."

"Okay, I have proposed two options. You can choose one." Li Wendi didn't want to take a step back.

"1200 million is impossible, how about 900 million? Both proposals will be submitted to the board of directors." Yuan Shihe quickly lowered the conditions. "1100 million! It can't be any lower." Li Wendi raised a finger and said.

After some consideration, Yuan Shihe still felt that the price was too high. If he went back to submit it, his boss would question his ability.

"950 million, Mr. Li, you can earn 100 million, which is several times the interest."

"How about 1000 million, to make it an integer! This is no longer a question of interest. You have wasted too much of my energy and delayed a lot of my business. A few hundred thousand is not much at all." Li Wendi didn't wait for Yuan Shihe to continue bargaining. He picked up his briefcase and left the cafe.

Yuan Shihe looked around a few times, but didn't dare to shout to keep Li Wendi. After all, the environment was quiet and shouting too loudly would be too rude.

After leaving the cafe, Li Wendi turned the corner. Zhang Yan had been waiting here for a long time. He smiled and asked, "Did you take a clear picture?"

Zhang Yan shook the camera in his hand and said with a sly smile, "Don't worry about me. Your faces are all in one photo."

Li Wendi gave Zhang Yan a thumbs up and said, "Send it to the newspaper office. The newsprint will definitely sell well tomorrow."

"Hmph! This will be enough to keep Yuanfeng Bank busy for a few days." Zhang Yan said with a sneer.

As expected, newspaper sales skyrocketed the next day, breaking the newspaper's sales record, and most Hong Kong citizens were talking about it.

Other newspaper colleagues had a keen sense of smell and quickly copied the newspaper's photos, slightly modified the manuscripts, and rushed to print them, striving to get a little bit of the dregs.

At the same time, the senior management of Yuanfeng Bank was extremely anxious. This incident had affected the bank's business. Many customers called to inquire. Although Yuanfeng Bank tried its best to explain, the customers were not fools and had their own understanding.

In order to retain its existing customers, Yuanfeng Bank can only offer some benefits. Those customers will naturally not be aggressive after getting the promise. However, it is also recommended that Yuanfeng Bank resolve the matter as soon as possible, otherwise other directors of the company will have bad ideas.

As a result, Yuanfeng Bank suffered a lot of losses, and the boss felt a little regretful, so he called Chen Fenben, hoping that Chen Fenben could compensate for part of his losses. Unexpectedly, Chen Fenben neither refused nor agreed to his request, and kept laughing.

Obviously Chen Fenben was unwilling to harm the interests of his family.

On the other side, Starlight Real Estate Company
That afternoon, Li Wendi received two guests who came to inquire about the price of Wan Chai Building. Unfortunately, they were scared away when they heard the price of 1000 million. This made Li Wendi a little disappointed, but he still held out hope, thinking that the distinguished guests had not yet arrived.

It was not until almost the end of the working day that a Singaporean businessman came to the door and made Li Wendi's wish come true.

"I wonder what price Mr. Zhong wants to pay for it?" Li Wendi asked with a smile.

Zhong Qianhai took a sip of tea and smiled, "I have already learned about it before I came here. Mr. Li spent 850 million to buy the commercial building in Wan Chai. If it is less than 850 million, Mr. Li will naturally not sell it, but a price that is too high is not the current value of the commercial building. 900 million, what do you think of Mr. Li?"

Li Wendi looked at the gray-haired Zhong Qianhai and knew that Zhong Qianhai was testing his bottom line, so he told the truth, "Mr. Zhong should have guessed that I spent so much effort not just for this mere 50 yuan. The money I spent on hype is more than 3 yuan."

"Then Mr. Li, please give me a more realistic price and see if I can accept it?" Zhong Qianhai thought about it and still wanted to buy the building.

In the eyes of businessmen, although the location of this building is not excellent, its reputation has been hyped up, and the land in Wan Chai is narrow, so it will be sold at a high price sooner or later, and then they can make a lot of money.

As for Li Wendi, they certainly thought that Li Wendi was heavily in debt and needed to sell the building to get rid of the cash flow difficulties. It was not that Li Wendi wanted to sell it, but that he had to sell it.

Taking advantage of someone's misfortune is naturally a common tactic used by businessmen, but Zhong Qianhai knew that since Li Wendi could create such news, it was impossible for him to sell the building at the lowest price.

(End of this chapter)